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<title><![CDATA[Dan Pfeiffer - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20277.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Dan Pfeiffer]]></description><category domain="20277">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dems Are in Huge Electoral Trouble With Latinos]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/24/dan_pfeiffer_democrats_are_losing_latinos_at_a_very_fast_rate_there_is_no_path_to_victory_if_that_trend_continues.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Obama senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer fretted on "Pod Save America" Friday's episode that "Democrats are in a huge bit of trouble" with Latino voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Made a Huge Mistake With DOGE]]></title>
							<link>https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-to-make-the-gop-pay-a-price-for?r=1emko</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump made a huge mistake by putting Musk in charge of implementing deeply unpopular policy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Have To Go on FOX News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/25/obama_alum_dan_pfeiffer_democrats_have_to_go_on_fox_we_have_to_be_everywhere_and_you_have_to_be_in_uncomfortable_spaces.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the latest edition of 'Pod Save America,' Obama White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer reacts to fellow former Obama alum Tommy Vietor going on FOX News to defend the Democratic party's agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Winning, Democrats Should Act Like It]]></title>
							<link>https://messagebox.substack.com/p/biden-is-winning-act-like-it</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats need to push past our 2016 emotional trauma and project confidence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Campaign Has a Plan to Win (Seriously)]]></title>
							<link>https://crooked.com/articles/donald-trump-secret-plan-to-win/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump wants to diminish overall Black and Latino turnout to make it easier to win the election with only white voters. This strategy isn't crazy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Should Navigate Coronavirus Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://crooked.com/articles/pandemic-politics-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have shied away from confronting Republican presidents amid crises in the past. We cannot make the same mistakes again amid global pandemic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Beware: Don't Be Like Mitt Romney in 2012]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/17/dan-pfeiffer-mitt-romney-loss-2012-lessons-115340</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He's become a folk hero for his impeachment vote, but as a candidate he blew the race. Here's how to avoid the mistakes of 2012.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Plan for Democrats to Win the Impeachment Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://crooked.com/articles/a-plan-to-win-the-impeachment-fight/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the beginning of a wide-ranging inquiry, which will determine whether Congress votes to impeach President Trump. Below, read Dan Pfeiffer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s May article on how Democrats should wage this fight'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and win.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Watching the World Change From Inside the Obama WH]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/watching-the-world-change-from-inside-the-obama-white-house?mbid=social_twitter</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the day after the Republicans kicked our butts in the 2014 midterm elections'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'enlarging their margin in the House of Representatives and taking control of the Senate for the first time in eight years'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'I sat at my desk in the West Wing waiting for the bell to toll.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Any Republicans Have the Right Stuff to Win?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/10/opinions/pfeiffer-democrats-view-of-gop-candidates/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When thinking about the 2016 election and judging the strengths and weaknesses of the Republican candidates, it's important to keep two things in mind:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 1) As Dan Balz pointed out in The Washington Post a few months ago, if the Republican nominee wins the same share of the white vote in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Bush Wants to Win, He Should Play Chess]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/opinions/pfeiffer-jeb-bush-iowa/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2007, Mike Henry, Hillary Clinton's deputy campaign manager and one of the smarter operatives in the party, wrote a memo urging the campaign to pull out of the Iowa caucuses and focus its limited resources on the contests that came later.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Isn't Obama, and 2016 Isn't 2008]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-isnt-barack-obama-and-2016-isnt-2008/2015/07/17/5d85377e-2b37-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It may be tempting to compare the race between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the epic race between Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama: Sanders, like Obama, has consolidated a good portion of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. Sanders, like Obama, is raising millions from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop the Bed-Wetting: Clinton Is Doing Fine]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/opinions/pfeiffer-bedwetting-over-hillary-clinton/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's officially bed-wetting season in the political world when it comes to Hillary Clinton's campaign. With stories this week in Politico and The New York Times about the newly competitive Democratic primary, the whispers have begun about whether this is 2008 all over again. Back then,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Understanding President Obama in the 4th Quarter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/25/opinions/pfeiffer-obama-fourth-quarter/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WTF? That's exactly what the political world has been asking since President Barack Obama went to a garage in Los Angeles to record a podcast aptly named WTF and used a word rarely spoken in public by anyone, least of all a president. But that moment is just one in a series over the past...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Year of Great Progress for President Obama]]></title>
							<link>https://medium.com/@pfeiffer44/breaking-down-the-worst-year-in-washington-b3bb4ceeabf</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stay with me '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' even if you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re distracted by the sound of heads exploding across the Beltway punditocracy. You can practically hear professional pundits saying '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Wait, what? How can this be when it runs completely contrary to my narrative? The President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s party had a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Governing When Congress Won't Legislate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-pfeiffer/how-to-govern-when-congress_b_5355066.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You don't need Nate Silver or fivethirtyeight.com to tell you what the American people want their elected representatives to focus on -- it's the economy, plain and simple. Put another way and to steal a phrase -- it's the economy, stupid. That's what President Obama is focused on,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Solving the Sequester: The Facts]]></title>
							<link>http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/10/solving-sequester-facts</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With less than three weeks before devastating, across the board cuts - the so-called "sequester" - are slated to hit, affecting our national security, job creation and economic growth, we must make sure we are having a debate over how to deal with these looming deadlines that is based on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Wave the White Flag on Green Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-pfeiffer/now-is-not-the-time-to-wa_b_995011.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This morning, Chairman Cliff Stearns, who leads the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, told NPR that "We can't compete with China to make solar panels and wind turbines."This comment reflects exactly the sort of counterproductive defeatism that Energy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Moving Forward to Protect Seniors' Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/06/moving-forward-protect-seniors-care</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Pfeiffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In April, President Obama nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Many Republicans in Congress have made it clear in recent weeks that they were going to stall the nomination as long as they could, solely to score...]]></description>
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